Wow. That's a mind blown for me. I've never thought of that, but you're right. When my kids watch a YouTube video, the first thing they talk about is how many views, subscribers.
I always pay attention to them because they reflect how the general public respond to different things. So they might be thinking "wow this is so stupid but it's got so many views!"
This guy is in the middle of Nowhere, Siberia and even the kids there care about his number of subscribers...
... thinking now, why should Hollywood > YouTube given that the content they consume is more localised. Maybe it's me who's wrong!